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False Promises

As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound practical, there is no conceivable way it can work.

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Carbon Captured

How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself

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Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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Court Inquiry Denounces “Disturbing Pattern” of Violations at Arizona’s Largest Sheriff’s Office

https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-sheriff-deputy-misconduct-reforms-undermined

#CriminalJustice #Police

Court Inquiry Denounces “Disturbing Pattern” of Violations at Arizona’s Largest Sheriff’s Office

A court inquiry alleges that top leaders at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office undermined efforts to comply with mandated reforms brought on by a long-running racial profiling lawsuit and settlement.

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Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure

https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-kehoe-missouri-amendment-5-dark-money

#Democracy #Politics

Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure

Gov. Mike Kehoe says “out-of-state special interests” are influencing citizen-led efforts to amend the state constitution. His own ballot measure, a push to eliminate the state income tax, has received $1.9M from a mysterious Delaware nonprofit.

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Jury Finds Home Financing Scheme That Targeted Muslims in Minnesota Violated State Law

In a civil case stemming from a joint ProPublica-Sahan Journal investigation, a home seller has been found liable in a ploy that targeted East African Muslims in Minneapolis, marketing deceptive real estate deals as “sharia compliant.”

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Do You Administer SNAP or Medicaid Benefits? Help ProPublica Report on America’s Safety Net.

https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/snap-medicaid-share-experience-with-propublica

#HealthInsurance #HealthCare

Do You Administer SNAP or Medicaid Benefits? Help ProPublica Report on America’s Safety Net.

We want to hear from the officials and workers who help people navigate SNAP and Medicaid, because no one knows these programs better.

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Have Your SNAP Benefits Ever Been Stolen? Help ProPublica Investigate.

https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/ebt-snap-theft-share-with-propublica

Have Your SNAP Benefits Ever Been Stolen? Help ProPublica Investigate.

We need your help to report on EBT theft. Please share this form with others in your community who’ve found their SNAP benefits disappeared.

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I Cold-Called President Trump. Here’s What He Told Me About an Oil Tycoon and Major Donor.

https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-called-trump-hildebrand

#TrumpAdministration #Environment

I Cold-Called President Trump. Here’s What He Told Me About an Oil Tycoon and Major Donor.

I was hoping the president would give me some color about his relationship with billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand. I walked away with a clearer picture of what matters in Washington right now.

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Do You Work or Volunteer for Connecticut’s Emergency Medical Services? We Want to Hear From You.

https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/connecticut-emergency-medical-services-callout

#HealthCare

Do You Work or Volunteer for Connecticut’s Emergency Medical Services? We Want to Hear From You.

Although the state’s emergency medical services have been strained for years, we know that hasn’t stopped EMTs, paramedics and EMRs from working to serve community members in crisis. Share your experience with ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror.

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